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Pat Sullivan, Gonzaga, Senior
2009 All-Beltway Boys Swimming First Team
Sullivan dominated the 50 free this year. He topped Josh Hafkin’s 50 free record at the Washington Metro Prep Swim Dive League Championships with a time of 20.70, then won the 50 free at Metros as well. Sullivan also anchored Gonzaga’s record-breaking 200 Medley relay team.
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Posted on 22 March 2009 by .
Ian Hummer, Gonzaga, Senior
2009 All-Beltway Boys Basketball First Team
Hummer was a wrecking ball in the paint for the Eagles this season, leading Gonzaga to the WCAC finals and nearly a conference championship. He averaged 16.2 points and 11.2 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocks this season and was named the WCAC Player of the Year. He also eclipsed the 1,000 point mark. Will play for Princeton.
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Billy Ledder, Gonzaga, Junior
2009 All-Beltway Boys Indoor Track First Team
Ledder won the 1600 title just about everywhere he went this season. He claimed the title at the St. Christopher’s Invitational, Private School Championships, Jesuit Championships and DCIAA Invitational. He placed second at the Virginia Tech Invitational in the 1000.
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Posted on 19 March 2009 by .
Baltimore, Md. – Corrigan Sports Enterprises (CSE) and Sports America, Inc. announced the rosters for the 36th Capital Classic today. Presented by Bart & Associates the annual high school men’s basketball All-Star game, set for Thursday, April 9, 2009 at American University, pits the nation’s top prospects versus the D.C. area’s elite seniors.
Headlining the U.S. All-Stars is Milton Jennings, a 6-9 forward from Summerville, SC who was recently named to the prestigious McDonald’s All-America team and signed with Clemson University. Averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds Jennings has led Pinewood Prep to four consecutive championships.
Joining Jennings is a heralded group which has primarily committed to play in the ACC or Big East next year, including Jordan Williams, a 6-10 center from Torrington, CT, who is headed to Maryland in the fall. Williams has been a force in the post, scoring 50 or more points on three occasions, including a 52-point outing in a game where he shattered the backboard.
The Capital All-Stars will be led by Montrose Christian’s Mouphtaou Yarou, a 6-10 center who will attend Villanova University and Ian Hummer, the WCAC Player of the Year from Gonzaga, who will suit up for the Princeton Tigers next season. Among the 12-man roster are ten of the region’s premier players who have committed to some of the biggest programs in Division I.
WCAC Coach of the Year Gonzaga Coach Steve Turner will head the Capital All-Stars, while his counterpart for the U.S. team is Kevin Keatts from Hargrave Military Academy. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be proceeded by a 6 pm contest featuring District All-Stars versus Suburban All-Stars. The festivities will be kicked off with the fan favorite dunk and three point contests at Gonzaga High School on Wednesday, April 8 at 3:30 p.m.
From its prominent beginning in 1974, the Capital Classic has introduced fans to the next generation of superstars. The greats, including Moses Malone, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson and Dominique Wilkins have all participated in the Capital Classic, as well as the new age All-Stars of Lebron James, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster at (202) 397-SEAT or Corrigan Sports Enterprises at (410) 605-9381. More information is available online at www.TheCapitalClassic.com or contact CSE.
U.S. All-Stars
Coach: Kevin Keatts, Hargrave Military Academy
PLAYER POS HT HIGH SCHOOL CITY, STATE COLLEGE
Lamont Jones PG 6-0 Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, VA Virginia Tech
CJ Harris G 6-2 Mount Tabor HS Winston Salem, NC Wake Forest
John Jenkins SG 6-5 Station Camp, HS Hendersonville, TN Vanderbilt
Joey Brooks SG 6-5 Stroke Jesuit College Prep Houston, TX Notre Dame
Dalton Pepper G/F 6-5 Pennsbury HS Levittown, PA West Virginia
Lamar Patterson SF 6-5 St. Benedict’s Prep Lancaster, PA Pittsburgh
Paris Bennett SF 6-6 St. Patrick HS Linden, NJ George Mason
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel SF 6-7 Tilton HS Tilton, CT Connecticut
Milton Jennings F 6-8 Pinewood Prep Summerville, SC Clemson
Cadarian Raines PF 6-9 Petersburg HS Petersburg, VA Virginia Tech
DeShawn Painter F/C 6-9 Hargrave Military Academy Norfolk, VA Florida
Jordan Williams C 6-10 Torrington HS Torrington, CT Maryland
Capital All Stars
Coach: Steve Turner, Gonzaga
PLAYER POS HT HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE
Erick Green PG 6-4 Paul VI Virginia Tech
Derrick Washington PG 6-1 Coolidge Undecided
Derrick Thomas G 6-4 St. Johns Drexel
Rashad Whack G 6-3 McNamara George Mason
Javorn Farrell SG 6-5 Riverdale Baptist Massachusetts
Christian Webster SG 6-5 Landon Harvard
Tristan Spurlock G/F 6-8 Word of Life Virginia
Ian Hummer F 6-7 Gonzaga Princeton
Isaiah Armwood F 6-8 Montrose Villanova
Jamal Olasewere PF 6-6 Springbrook Undecided
Talib Zanna F/C 6-9 McNamara Pittsburgh
Mouphtaou Yarou C 6-10 Montrose Villanova
Suburban All Stars
Coach: Julian King- TC Williams HS
PLAYER POS HT SCHOOL
Stephen Griffin PG 6-1 Paint Branch
Ed Jenkins G 5-10 TC Williams
Dominic Morra G 6-0 Lake Braddock
Bruce Massey G 6-2 Seneca Valley
Percy Woods G 5-10 Crossland
David Golladay SG 6-2 Wise
Chase Hicks SF 6-4 Churchill
Lasan Kromah SF 6-5 Roosevelt
Stephen Stepka SF 6-6 Woodson
Frank Holloway F 6-6 Lee
Raphiael Putney F 6-9 Woodbridge
Keith Mitchell F/C 6-6 Hylton
Chris Kearney F/C 6-7 Westfield
District All-Stars
Coach: Vaughn Jones – Coolidge HS
PLAYER POS HT SCHOOL
Anthony Myers PG 6-0 McKinley
PJ Miller PG 6-3 Potomac School
Given Kalipinde G 6-3 Episcopal
Marcus Rouse G 6-1 Dematha
Recardo Gaddy G 6-2 Good Counsel
Robert Olson G 6-4 Georgetown Prep
Rafriel Guthrie SG 6-2 Cardozo
Dartanion Lesane G/F 6-4 Dunbar
Lawrence Smith SF 6-5 McNamara
Bryan Wilson SF 6-4 Riverdale Baptist
Brian Freedman F/C 6-7 Potomac School
Andre Mattison F/C 6-6 Coolidge
Raven Barber C 6-8 Paul VI
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Posted on 19 March 2009 by .
By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.com
The WCAC has four girls and five boys on the Tewaarton Award watch list this spring, which was released Wednesday.
The Tewaarton Award Foundation sponsors the collegiate and high school men’s and
women’s Player of the Year awards, which are presented in Baltimore on
May 28th.
For the first time, Bishop Ireton has two players named to Baltimore/Washington All Regional Team. The players are Lauren Gray, who has signed play next fall at Georgetown, and Claire Banta, who inked her commitment to Virginia.
DeMatha has three players — goalie Ryan Brant and midfielders Pat Harbeson and TJ Harris. Gonzaga goalie Connor Baucom also made the list.
Holy Cross senior Hayley Katzenberger, the reigning field hockey All-Beltway Player of the Year, is also on the list along with Good Counsel’s Monica Baumgartner.
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Coach of the Year
Steve Turner – Gonzaga
First Team
Ian Hummer – Gonzaga
Tyler Thornton – Gonzaga
Talib Zanna – McNamara
Naji Hibbert – DeMatha
Rashad Whack – McNamara
Derrick Thomas – St. John’s
Erick Green – Paul VI
Quinn Cook – DeMatha
Cedrick Lindsay – Gonzaga
Recardo Gaddy – Good Counsel
Second Team
Kendall Marshall – O’Connell
Marcus Rouse – DeMatha
Brandon Coleman – McNamara
Jerian Grant – DeMatha
Chris Martin – St. John’s
Gokhan Sirin – St. Mary’s Ryken
Third Team
David Eismeier – O’Connell
Rodney Glasgow – Good Counsel
Malcolm Lemmons – Gonzaga
Raven Barber – Paul VI
Eugene McCroy – Paul VI
Victor Oladipo – DeMatha
Honorable Mention
Andrew Sterritt – Gonzaga
Cahli Thomas – Gonzaga
Patrick Wolf – Gonzaga
Kai Smith – St. Mary’s Ryken
RJ Buck – St. Mary’s Ryken
Deon Andrews – St. Mary’s Ryken
Gorkem Sonmez – St. Mary’ Ryken
Ben Hazel – Good Counsel
Devon Wright-Nelson – Good Counsel
Julius Francis – Good Counsel
Arturo Oberg – Ireton
Antonio Rouse – Ireton
Dominic Sanders – Paul VI
Deon Jones – Paul VI
Denzel Primus-Devonish – St. John’s
Ryan McNeil – St. John’s
Julian DeBose – St. John’s
Lawrence Smith – McNamara
Mikael Hopkins – DeMatha
James Robinson – DeMatha
Malik Dauda – Carroll
Kemy Osse – Carroll
Ahmad George – Carroll
Jordan Burgess – O’Connell
Larry Savage – O’Connell
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Posted on 10 March 2009 by .
Boys Beltway Basketball
Top-10 Rankings
After winning the WCAC conference championship and the D.C. Title game, the DeMatha Stags move into the No. 1 spot in this week’s DigitalSports Beltway Ballers basketball poll.
*Records as of Tuesday, Mar. 10*
1. DeMatha (WCAC) 27-3; LW: 3
Defeated Gonzaga, 62-61, 3/5; Ballou, 55-48, 3/9
2. Montrose Christian (Ind.) 21-2; LW: 1
Lost to Oak Hill Academy, 69-63, 3/6
3. Springbrook (Montgomery County) 25-0; LW: 2
Defeated Walter Johnson, 62-41, 3/3; Northwest, 70-43, 3/4; Quince Orchard, 65-51,3/7
4. Friendly (Prince George’s County) 22-3; LW: 9
Defeated Northern, 85-66, 3/5; Huntingtown, 64-43, 3/5; Lackey, 77-60, 3/7
5. Gonzaga (WCAC) 26-5; LW: 4
Lost to DeMatha, 62-61, 3/5
6. Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. (Prince George’s County) 20-5; LW: N/R
Defeated Bladensburg, 74-56, 3/3; Laurel, 65-60, 3/4; Eleanor Roosevelt, 71-58, 3/7
7. T.C. Williams (Northern Region) 27-3; LW: 6
Defeated Hayfield, 59-52, 3/4; Lost to John Marshall, 72-61, 3/8
8. Lackey (SMAC) 22-3; L/W: 5
Defeated Potomac, 84-82, 3/3; Chopticon, 81-62, 3/5; Lost to Friendly, 77-60, 3/7
9. Thomas Stone (SMAC) 21-4; LW: N/R
Defeated Broadneck, 71-54, 3/3; Old Mill, 65-55, 3/5; Glen Burnie, 73-58, 3/6
10. Laurel (Prince George’s County) 19-6; LW: 7
Defeated Northwestern, 51-44, 3/3; Lost to Henry Wise, 65-60, 3/4
Others receiving votes:
Hayfield (Northern Region)
Bishop McNamara (WCAC)
Frederick Douglass (Prince George’s County)
Potomac (Prince George’s County)
Click HERE to view the Washington, D.C. Area page of DigitalSports.com.
*Teams
considered for the Beltway Ballers poll include those in the DCIAA,
Loudoun County, Montgomery County, Northern Region, Prince George’s
County, Prince William County, Southern Maryland Athletic Conference,
and WCAC, as well as other independent private schools.*
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Gonzaga rugby team capped a busy week with a 17-0 victory over St Gregory’s at the West Shore Invitational in Harrisburg, PA.
The weekend started with the opening MAVRC league game vs Hyde Public Leadership Charter School. The A side rolled to a 62-5 victory with Johnny McMurray leading the way with 16 points including 2 tries. David Penberthy also added 2 tries with Jeff Bruno, Max Johnston, PJ Orlandi, Gabe Free, Victor Calix and John Davis each scoring once. Pat Carter added 3 conversions. The B-side was led by newcomer Nick Howell who scored 4 try’s in a 50-0 win.
Saturday’s first tournament game matched the Eagles vs the defending MARFU club champions and 7th ranked club side in the US West Shore United. The Eagles dominated most of the first half with Johnny McMurray making 2 penalty kicks (one from 43 yards) and Kevin Lee with a try which JMAC converted for 13-0 halftime lead. The second half was a different story as the home team raised their level and went on the offensive. The Eagle defense was sturdy and yielded only a late try for a final score of 13-5.
The ****** B’s then took the field and cruised to a 36-5 victory over the West Shore B side. Leading the way was Paul Caron with 3 trys. Also scoring was Brian Savercool, McKay Pratt, Brendan Boyle and Tommy “the toe” Jolly adding 2 conversions. Next was St Gregory’s from Scranton, PA. Led by bagpipes and the constant singing of their student body St Greg’s came into the game as the favorite to win the PA / DE / NJ school championship.
The Eagle’s took the field with fire in their eyes as well. In an extremely well played game Gonzaga dominated possession and was the more physical of the 2 teams. David Penberthy scored twice and Dylan Jones once with Johnny McMurray adding a conversion to close out the scoring. This week the Eagle’s face Georgetown Prep on Wednesday and the No. 2-ranked team in the country Xavier HS from NY on Sunday.
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By Ryan Mink
rmink@digitalsports.com
DeMatha boys basketball coach Mike Jones put the ball in Jerian Grant’s hands with 9.9 seconds left and the WCAC title on the line.
At that point, Grant had to make a decision.
Was he going to shoot or was he going to pass?
Grant’s decision to pass, finding senior Naji Hibbert wide open underneath the basket for the game-winning layup with 1.8 seconds remaining, gave DeMatha a 62-61 win over Gonzaga Thursday night at a jammed-packed American University.
It’s the Stags’ fourth WCAC title in the past five years after Gonzaga captured the conference crown last season. DeMatha (28-3) came out on top in its final two meetings with the Eagles and won 13 straight games to close out the season.
While Hibbert will go down as getting the game-winning layup, it was Grant’s pass that Jones called the play of the game.
“That might be the best basketball play a young man in high school could ever make because he did not take the shot,” Jones said. “It’s not Naji’s finish, even though that was unbelievable. He went up strong. It was the fact that Jerian was able to deliver that ball.”
Grant inbounded the ball and immediately got it back in his hands. Although Grant has not been DeMatha’s standout player this season, he proved in the WCAC semifinals against McNamara that he is the go-to player as he hit the eventual game-winning layup in the final seconds.
Grant (10 points) dribbled past midcourt and had all five Gonzaga defenders approach him. The junior guard rose up and found Hibbert (11 points) open along the baseline.
Hibbert did a nice job corralling the pass and rose up to lay it in with Malcolm Lemmons bearing down on him and Ian Hummer (game-high 18 points) just below.
“It was the toughest shot of my life,” Hibbert said. “I saw them coming. I just finished.”
DeMatha and Gonzaga went back-and-forth throughout the first half with neither taking more than a four-point lead.
Eagles senior guard Cedrick Lindsay (17 points) exploded with 14 points in the third quarter, giving Gonzaga a six-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
DeMatha hung around until Grant tied the game at 56 with a driving layup with two minutes, 36 seconds remaining. Gonzaga retook the lead on a Hummer free throw before DeMatha freshman James Robinson hit a jumper with 1:33.
Hummer nailed another two free-throws with 1:18 left but Robinson gave the Stags the lead again with a jumper from the free throw line with 23 seconds remaining.
None of the plays were designed for Robinson, but he found the ball anyway. Robinson said he wasn’t nervous to take the shots.
“Every day in practice Coach Jones has me working on those so it’s pretty natural when it’s game time,” Robinson said.
The next play was perhaps the craziest of a nutty night. After DeMatha senior Marcus Rouse missed the front end of a 1-and-1, Victor Oladipo stole a Tyler Thornton (14 points) pass up the sideline. Thornton stole Oladipo’s pass and tapped a pass to Lemmons for a go-ahead layup with 9.9 seconds left.
But just when it seemed that Gonzaga might repeat as WCAC champions, the Stags landed the final punch.
“I could not be proud of all of our guys, every single one of them,” Jones said. “It goes to show what a team can do when they all come together and buy into what we’re doing.”
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Posted on 02 March 2009 by .
Stories by James A. McCray III
Prince George’s County, Content Managers
Photos and Videos provided by:
Andy States and Ryan Mink
SMAC and WCAC, Content Managers
DeMatha 59, Bishop McNamara 56; Click HERE for video highlights from DeMatha vs. Bishop McNamara
It is a common thought that good things come in three’s. But all one would have to do is witness the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys’ basketball semifinal contest Sunday night for evidence to the contrary.
With the score tied at 53 with just under a minute remaining in the game, DeMatha’s Jerian Grant — who wears jersey No. 44 — proved that good things come in four’s as well.
Grant hit a layup over the outstretched arms of a Bishop McNamara player to give DeMatha a 55-53 lead.
The shot proved to be the eventual game-winner as the Stags of DeMatha advanced to the WCAC title game with a 59-56 victory.
“I just [saw] that they had a big man on me,” Grant explained of the late-game basket. “I saw my chance to get to the basket and finished strong.”
Added DeMatha Coach Mike Jones: “I think he saw he had the mismatch. He had a big guy on him, and Jerian is very good at getting it to the basket.”
Grant had a game-changing fourth quarter as he tied the game at 49 with a three-pointer just minutes before his go-ahead basket. Only seconds after the basket, he converted two free throws giving the Stags a four-point, 57-53 lead.
In addition, the junior also took a charge late in the game that took away a McNamara basket, and scored nine fourth-quarter points in leading DeMatha with a team-high 15.
“He had three huge plays, not even counting the free throws down the stretch,” Jones said. “He also had the charge which was definitely the play of the game.”
“Coach told him at halftime, ‘Jerian Grant, you are the X-factor in this game, you can win this game,’ so he really stepped up,” DeMatha’s Quinn Cook said. “After that three-pointer, he really got going.”
McNamara was led by the hot-hand of guard Rashad Whack as he knocked down six three-pointers, five in the first half, en route to his game-high 28 points, albeit in a losing effort.
“Credit should be given to McNamara,” Jones said. “That is a very good representation of what our league is about. That was great basketball, a great game, and they had a player who played wonderful tonight in Rashad Whack.”
DeMatha 59, Bishop McNamara 56
McNamara — 16 16 15 9; Whack 28, Zanna 14, Coleman 7, Ivey 2, Pilgrim 2, Smith 2, Muhammed 1
DeMatha — 18 19 7 15; Jerian Grant 15, Rouse 13, Cook 13, Oladipo 9, Jerami Grant 4, Hibbert 3, Robinson 2
Gonzaga 57, Paul VI 48; Click HERE for video highlights from Gonzaga vs. Paul VI
It is only proper to defend what is yours, what you have worked so hard for to obtain and hold on to.
For the Gonzaga Purple Eagles, it captured the right to defend its WCAC title with a 57-48 victory over Paul VI in the WCAC semifinals Sunday night.
Gonzaga jumped out to a 4-0 lead and led for the duration of the game. After gaining a a 10-point, 27-17 lead late in the second quarter, Gonzaga was able to keep the lead in double digits for the better part of the contest.
“I though tonight, the kids did an incredible job from start to finish,” Gonzaga head coach Steve Turner said. “We wanted to do a good job of the boards. They are a big, physical team and when we played them at home last time, they did a really good job against us on the boards.”
Gonzaga’s Ian Hummer played an intricate part of that rebounding process and also scored a team-high 20 points in the victory.
Teammate Tyler Thornton scored 13 points in the victory as well.
“We knew they were going to crash the boards hard,” Thornton said. “Coach told us we had to box out and that’s what we did. We boxed out and rebounded well, and limited them to one possession.”
As far as defending the WCAC title, Thornton added: “It is good to defend our title,” Thornton said. “We knew it was going to be a tough road to get here, we’re here, and now we have to take care of business [Thursday].”
Erick Green led Paul VI with a game-high 23 points in the semi-final loss.
Gonzaga will now face DeMatha Thursday night in the WCAC title game originally scheduled for Monday night but postponed to Thursday, 8 p.m. at American University.
The Purple Eagles and Stags split two games during the regular season with DeMatha winning the latter on Feb. 20, 68-65.
“It is an incredible opportunity,” Turner said of returning to the title game. “A lot of people don’t get this opportunity. We split during the year and I am expecting a heck of a game from both teams.”
Gonzaga 57, Paul VI 48
Gonzaga — 13 16 8 20; Hummer 20, Thornton 13, Lemmons 12, Lindsay 8, Thomas 4
Paul VI — 11 6 12 19; Green 23, McCrory 17, Barber 4, Bozeman 2, Sanders 2
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